Juan Elías Cominges Mayorga (born 1 October 1983) is a Peruvian former professional

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who played as an

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. Cominges has risen to fame in the South American scene over the recent years. This right-footed midfielder first attracted attention due to being the younger brother of forward Paul Cominges, who had been an effective striker in the major clubs in Peru and at a few clubs overseas.

Club career

Cominges got his chance in the youth divisions of popular club

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and slowly earned a spot in the main team as well as in the national youth teams of Peru. To give him a chance to play more games he was loaned to the club

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of Tacna in 2002, where he performed well. He then returned to the 'U' in 2003, where he had another good year. Due to money arguments the next year he moved to rival team

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, where he performed so well, scoring several goals and leading the team to a national championship, that he was named the Peruvian player of the year by the media outlets. In 2005 former 'U' star José "Chemo" del Solar, on his first outing as a coach, took Juan to Argentine club

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. Juan had several ups and downs in his performance, but secured a starting place as the new '10' of the Peru national team. The next year he migrated to

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. He played a few games of the

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before developing a back injury, which kept him off the fields until July 2006. From there on he played irregularly, but he remained part of the championship-winning team. He has recently moved back to Sporting Cristal, where he played in the

2007 Torneo Descentralizado The 2007 Torneo Descentralizado (known as the Copa Cable Mágico for sponsorship reasons) is the ninety-first season of Peruvian football. A total of 12 teams competed in the tournament, with Alianza Lima as the defending champion. Universidad S ...

season. In January 2008, he was signed by Venezuelan club

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, making his debut against Union Lara.

International career

Honours

Estudiantes de La Plata *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cominges, Juan 1983 births Living people Footballers from Callao Men's association football midfielders Peruvian men's footballers 21st-century Peruvian sportsmen Peru men's international footballers Club Universitario de Deportes footballers Coronel Bolognesi footballers Sporting Cristal footballers Club Atlético Colón footballers Estudiantes de La Plata footballers Caracas F.C. players Atlético Huila footballers José Gálvez FBC footballers Al Qadsiah FC players Cobresol footballers Cienciano footballers Guarani FC players Unión Comercio footballers Sport Boys footballers Peruvian Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Categoría Primera A players Peruvian expatriate men's footballers Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Venezuela Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Saudi Pro League players